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'They help me so much': Project Oz is dedicated to ending youth homelessness
McLean County school districts are on the front lines of the battle against youth homelessness, but school officials say access to education is always the top priority. It’s not the school’s charge to shelter unhoused students in the district. Unit 5 spokesperson Dayna Brown told WGLT that’s just...
SIU wins MVC Softball tournament
NORMAL, Ill. (KFVS) - The Southern Illinois University Softball team defeated Northern Iowa 3-2 on Saturday, May 11 to win the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Championship in Normal, Illinois. With the win, the Salukis get an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The full NCAA Division I Softball field will...
25 Sports High School Thursday- May 9, 2024
PEORIA (25News Now) - Normal Community, Heyworth and El Paso-Gridley all win Sectional Track Titles. Peoria Notre Dame and Morton soccer and East Peoria softball all earn victories. You can watch 25News - any newscast, anywhere - streaming LIVE on 25NewsNow.com, our 25News mobile app, and on our WEEK 25News...
Softball Game Recap: Normal West Takes a Loss
Normal West was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 5-1 to the Biggsville West Central Heat. That's two games in a row now that Normal West has lost by exactly four runs. For Biggsville...
ISU teachers union accuses university of bullying, unsafe working conditions
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — It’s graduation weekend at Illinois State University, but the newly formed teachers union has many unresolved issues as they negotiate their first contract with the university. It was a full room at the Bone Student Center on Friday as United Faculty of ISU members...
IWU softball punches ticket to DIII national tourney with comeback win in CCIW title game
BLOOMINGTON, Illinois (WMBD) – Illinois Wesleyan softball guaranteed themselves a spot in the NCAA DIII National Softball tournament with a come-from-behind 4-2 win over archrival Millikin in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin championship game. The Titans broke a scoreless tie in the third when Normal West grad...
Voter information ordered to be removed from sites of company after AG brings lawsuit
(25News Now) - A court has ordered the removal of certain information on voters from the websites of a publication with right-leaning content. The order in Lake County Circuit Court filed by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul would disallow the printing of voters’ birth month and day and street numbers but would allow the publishing of birth years, in publications of Local Government Information Services.
Housing group in McLean County wants to shelter residents on the streets — in 60 days
Efforts to find temporary shelter for people unsheltered in McLean County — including those in the encampment next to Home Sweet Home Ministries (HSHM) shelter in Bloomington — are ramping up. Officials from Bloomington-Normal shelters, social service agencies, police, fire and municipal government met Monday to brainstorm next...
Daniel Pacella hits 6 RBIs in ISU baseball's 16-3 Win over UIC
CHICAGO, Ill. – Powered by 16 runs in the game, Illinois State baseball defeated UIC 16-3 in seven innings on Sunday at Granderson Stadium. Daniel Pacella began his dominant four-of-five day at the plate in the first inning for ISU with a three-run home run, his ninth of the season. Daniel Contreras added to the Redbirds hot start in the first with an RBI single.
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